Scarlet-fronted Parakeet (Psittacara wagleri)

Scarlet-fronted Parakeet, a reference photo — Photo: Alejandro Bayer Tamayo from Armenia, Colombia · CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)

The scarlet-fronted parakeet (Psittacara wagleri), known in aviculture as the scarlet-fronted conure, red-fronted conure, or Wagler's conure, is a Near Threatened species of bird in subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Scarlet-fronted Parakeet being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Psittacara frontatus
Psittacara finschi
Psittacara mitratus
Psittacara erythrogenys
Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittacidae
Genus: Psittacara
Species: Psittacara wagleri

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